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Is it possible to add a player animation where the player is looking at a map. Would be useful in multiplayer, especially when driving a tank and knowing which players won't probably move.

Do you mean:
It should be visible on (mini)map, which players are sitting in which vehicle?

ssilk wrote:Do you mean:
It should be visible on (mini)map, which players are sitting in which vehicle?

I think they mean "When you walk past another player who's looking at the map, you should be able to tell from their sprite that they're standing around because they're looking at the map."

I would assume that if you use the map's radar view to look at your own location (assuming you're within radar range), you'd see yourself busy with the map, too.

My suggestion for such an animation would be when you hit "M", the character grabs an A4 sized tablet computer from the side of their backpack and holds it out in front of them. As long as you're in the map, your character will be standing there holding a tablet in front of them, looking down at it and occasionally tapping the screen (possibly only doing so whenever you press a key or click a button in your map view, though that might be a bit demanding to implement). When you leave the map, your character goes and puts the tablet back in its spot on the side of their backpack.

Maybe getting it out could be accompanied by a ripping velcro sound effect and putting it back with a soft tap fitting for pressing it back into place.